[sr #110674] Option --with-pic is a misnomer

[Bruno Haible]

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                 Summary: Option --with-pic is a misnomer
                 Project: GNU Libtool
               Submitter: haible
               Submitted: Thu 23 Jun 2022 06:29:37 AM CEST
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                  Status: None
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        Operating System: GNU/Linux


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Date: Thu 23 Jun 2022 06:29:37 AM CEST By: Bruno Haible <haible>
A configure script that is built with libtool 2.4.7 has the options
('configure --help' output):

  --with-pic[=PKGS]       try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects [default=use
                          both]
  --with-aix-soname=aix|svr4|both
                          shared library versioning (aka "SONAME") variant to
                          provide on AIX, [default=aix].


Per the GNU Coding Standards,
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Configuration.html, these options
ought to be called --enable-something, not --with-something.

Probably you'll need to continue to support the --with-* spelling for a while,
though, for backward compatibility.







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